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'I loved this novel's brain and heart' DAVID MITCHELL AUTHOR OF CLOUD ATLAS 'A first-rate
speculative thriller by turns fascinating brutal powerful and redemptive' JEFF VANDERMEER
AUTHOR OF ANNIHILATION There are creatures in the water of Con Dao. To the locals they're
monsters. To the corporate owners of the island an opportunity. To the team of three sent
to study them a revelation. Their minds are unlike ours. Their bodies are malleable
transformable shifting. They can communicate. And they want us to leave. When
pioneering marine biologist Dr. Ha Nguyen is offered the chance to travel to the remote Con Dao
Archipelago to investigate a highly intelligent dangerous octopus species she doesn't pause
long enough to look at the fine print. DIANIMA - a transnational tech corporation best known
for its groundbreaking work in artificial intelligence - has purchased the islands evacuated
their population and sealed the archipelago off from the world so that Nguyen can focus on her
research. But the stakes are high: the octopuses hold the key to unprecedented breakthroughs
in extrahuman intelligence and there are vast fortunes to be made by whoever can take advantage
of their advancements. And no one has yet asked the octopuses what they think. And what they
might do about it. Locus Award 2023 - Winner of First Novel award Nebula Award 2023
Finalist. Ray Bradbury Prize 2023 Finalist. Shortlisted for the 2024 Arthur C. Clarke Award
